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WHEN IS A NATIONAL TEAM NOT A NATIONAL TEAM?. FIFA STATUTES. Article 10
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FIFA STATUTES • Article 10 • “Any association which is responsible for organising and supervising football in its country may become a member of FIFA. In this context, the expression “country” shall refer to an independent state recognised by the international community.”
FIFA STATUTES • Article 10 (Continued) • “Only one association shall be recognised in each country. • “Each of the four British associations is recognised as a separate member of FIFA • “An association in a region which has not yet gained independence may, with the authorisation of the association in the country on which it is dependent, also apply for admission to FIFA.”
NATIONAL TEAMS vs NATIONS • FIFA - 207 members • United Nations - 191 members
UEFA STATUTES • Article 5 • “Membership of UEFA is open to national football associations situated in the continent of Europe, based in a country which is recognised by the United Nations as an independent state, and which are responsible for the organisation and implementation of football-related matters in the territory of their country.”
FIFA’S NON-COUNTRIES • American Samoa Anguilla Aruba • Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands • England Faroe Islands Guam • Hong Kong Macau Montserrat • Northern Ireland Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia • Palestine Puerto Rico Scotland • Tahiti Taiwan Turks & Caicos • US Virgin Islands Wales
OTHER NON-COUNTRIES PLAYING INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL • French Guiana Guadeloupe • Martinique Reunion • Sint Maarten Saint Marten • Zanzibar
NON-UN MEMBERS PLAYING INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL • American Samoa Anguilla Aruba • Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands • England Faroe Islands French Guiana • Guam Guadeloupe Hong Kong • Macau Martinique Montserrat • Northern Ireland Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia • Palestine Puerto Rico Reunion • Saint Marten Scotland Sint Marten • Tahiti Taiwan Turks & Caicos • US Virgin Islands Wales Zanzibar
IF THEY PLAY, WHY CAN’T WE? • Wales so why not Jersey • Hong Kong & Macau so why not Tibet? • Bermuda so why not Guernsey? • The Cayman Islands so why not Gibraltar? • The Faroe Islands so why not Greenland? • Palestine so why not the Chagos?
THE NATIONAL TEAMS THAT DON’T EXIST NF BOARD MEMBERS • Chagos Chechnya Monaco • Western Sahara Tibet North Cyprus • Zanzibar Somaliland South Lower Saxony • West Papua South Moluccas The Sami • South Cameroon Occitania Saugeais • Sealand The Roma APPLICATIONS PENDING • Greenland The Maasai Easter Island ALSO INTERESTED • Jersey Gibraltar Kurdistan • Kosovo